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The Bishop O’Rourke Library is a Catholic lending library whose collection includes over 7,000 volumes focused on Catholic history, theology, and spirituality, including religious videos, audio books, and sacred music CDs. It exists to support study and research on Catholicism.
Location
The library is located in the southeast section of the ground floor of St. John's Catholic Newman Center, adjacent to Lewis Lounge.
Metered parking is available on Armory Street and Sixth Street, as well as in the Main Library lot across the street from the Newman Center (free after 5PM).
Hours of Operation
The library is available to Newman Hall residents 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Other patrons are invited to visit the library when our librarian is present:
2011-2012 Academic Year Public Hours: Monday-Thursday from 1-6PM.
To increase accessibility to the public and to encourage those who attend mass at St. John’s to explore spiritual reading as a way of growing in faith, the Bishop O’Rourke Library will be open one hour every weekend before or after each of the masses. The library will continue to be open to the public Monday-Thursday from 1-6PM. Check back in January for scheduled weekend library openings.
Winter Break 2011:
The library will be closed from December 23rd to January 6th, and will reopen with our regular hours on January 9th.
Getting a Library Card
Circulation privileges are extended to residents of the Champaign Vicariate*, including the students and staff of the University of Illinois and Parkland College. To obtain a library card, please stop by the library during staffed hours. You will be asked to fill out an application form that includes your contact information (both current and permanent if a student) and may be asked to show a picture ID.
*The Champaign Vicariate includes Champaign-Urbana, Bongard, Bement, Homer, Ivesdale, Ludlow, Mahomet, Monticello, Penfield, Pesotum, Philo, Rankin, Rantoul, Seymour, Thomasboro and Tolono.
Current Exhibit
Stop by the library to see our current displays: One is of new items purchased for the library collection. The other is a collection of books on the mass, particularly focusing on the liturgy and the new mass translation.
Feel free to check out any of the materials you see on display! Simply fill out the green check-out card and leave it on my desk!
1/12/2012: Homily Honoring Chaplain Emeritus, Msgr. Edward J. Duncan, P.A. More
1/4/2012: Chaplain Emeritus, Monsignor Edward Duncan Passes Away at 96 More
12/6/2011: Immaculate Conception Mass Schedule More
11/28/2011: St. John's Annual Christmas Concert & Mass More
11/8/2011: Fall Break Mass Schedule More
10/18/2011: Sports and Faith: Stories of the Devoted and the Devout More
9/27/2011: SJCNC Welcomes Matthew Kelly to Campus! More
9/7/2011: Eucharistic Miracles Exhibit at St. John's More
8/22/2011: Msgr. Stuart Swetland Returns to Campus More
6/28/2011: A Message from our Director & Head Chaplain More
4/26/2011: Annual Graduation Mass & Reception More
4/12/2011: Announcement from the Director More
4/8/2011: Walking Stations of the Cross on the Quad More
4/7/2011: Wonder What It Is Like To Work In The Vatican? More
3/18/2011: Spring Break Mass Schedule More
3/15/2011: The Day to Day Experiences of Working For & In The Vatican More
3/11/2011: Stations of the Cross during Lent More
2/25/2011: Ash Wednesday Schedule-March 9 More
2/15/2011: Announcement from the Director More
11/23/2010: The Healing of Deacon John Sullivan More
11/1/2010: Jack Roeser to Speak at St. John's More
10/20/2010: SJO's 5K Run for Justice in Crystal Lake Park More
10/7/2010: Fr. Jeff Grob-Exorcist to Speak at St. John's More
10/7/2010: 24 Hours of Grace More
8/25/2010: Hear Fr. Co's Radio Interviews! More
8/19/2010: SJCNC's Shawn Reeves Featured in EWTN Story More
8/10/2010: Fr. Anthony Co Returns from Mission Trip More
7/30/2010: Update on Dr Howell's Reinstatement More
7/16/2010: Announcement Regarding Dr. Howell More
7/4/2010: 200 campus ‘missionaries’ trained at U. of I. Newman More
5/17/2010: Follow that priest... on Twitter! More
5/6/2010: Graduation Festivities - May 15 More
4/5/2010: Pictures from Living Stations of the Cross More
3/9/2010: Catholic-Muslim dialogue on Mary More
3/8/2010: We've got a blog! More
2/18/2010: Video & Audio of D'Souza-Loftus Debate Available Here! More
2/9/2010: Dinesh D'Souza and John W. Loftus debate TONIGHT! More
2/5/2010: 40 Hours Devotion with Fr. Tom Holloway More
1/13/2010: The Great God Debate comes to Univ. of Illinois More
12/11/2009: FOCUS team prepares to lead over 100 students to Orlando More
12/7/2009: December 8, Holy Day of Obligation More
12/2/2009: Advent Reflections More
11/12/2009: Illini Market to close More
11/4/2009: 5K Run for Justice this Saturday! More
10/28/2009: "The Real Exorcist" draws crowd of nearly 1700 More
10/22/2009: Return of "The Real Exorcist" More
10/7/2009: New movie on Fatima miracle to be screened at SJCNC More
9/30/2009: Fr. Wade Menezes to speak during 24 Hours of Grace More
9/30/2009: Newman RAs featured in Daily Illini More
9/22/2009: '40 Days for Life' Begins Today More
9/18/2009: Need forgiveness? More
8/30/2009: Flood Situation Update More
8/28/2009: Flooding at SJCNC More
8/21/2009: Welcome Home! More
6/2/2009: Listen to Cardinal George's Grad Mass Homily More
5/27/2009: Cardinal George to Newman grads: Friendship is more than Facebook More
4/14/2009: Dr. Howell on EWTN Radio More
3/30/2009: 'Legacy Liturgy' planned for May 16 More
3/24/2009: Two students spend Spring Break 'Biking for Babies' More
3/13/2009: Author Joseph Pearce to speak at SJCNC More
2/20/2009: Schedule for Divine Mercy Weekend More
2/20/2009: Catholics at the Capitol More
2/3/2009: Missionaries Plan for Illinois Summer More
12/18/2008: Dr. Howell publishes new book on Ignatius of Antioch More
